Historiography
J R Ellis
8 points * 2.5 hours per week * First semester * Clayton
A study of major historical works from the classical period. The subject does not presume any knowledge of the historical background.
Assessment
Written (4000 words): 65% * Examinations (2 hours): 35%
Prescribed texts
Herodotus The histories tr. de Selincourt, Penguin, 1972
Tacitus The Agricola and the Germania tr. Mattingly, Penguin
Thucydides The Peloponnesian War tr. Warner, Penguin, 1972
Xenophon The Persian expedition tr. Warner, Penguin, 1979